Defining the IT Curriculum: The Results of the Past 3 Years

Lunt, Barry M.; Ekstrom, Joseph J.; Lawson, Edith A.; Kamali, Reza; Miller, Jacob R.; Gorka, Sandra; Reichgelt, Han

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“…For example, the Delphi method has been used to select IS projects (Peffers & Tuunanen, 2005), specify IS project requirements (Perez & Schueler, 1982), to determine the criteria for IS prototyping decisions (Doke & Swanson, 1995), rank technology management issues in new product development projects (Scott, 2000), and to develop a descriptive framework of knowledge manipulation activities (Holsapple & Joshi, 2002). The Delphi method was used at the InSITE 2005 conference to identify topics that should be in an IT curriculum (Lunt et al, 2005). Next we will look at other IS projects that used the Delphi method in greater depth in order to both learn from the experiences of other researchers, and to display the flexibility of the method.…”

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The Delphi Method for Graduate Research

2007

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Executive SummaryThe Delphi method is an attractive method for graduate students completing masters and PhD level research. It is a flexible research technique that has been successfully used in our program at the University of Calgary to explore new concepts within and outside of the information systems body of knowledge. The Delphi method is an iterative process to collect and distill the anonymous judgments of experts using a series of data collection and analysis techniques interspersed with feedback. The Delphi method is well suited as a research instrument when there is incomplete knowledge about a problem or phenomenon; however it is not a method for all types of IS research questions. The Delphi method works especially well when the goal is to improve our understanding of problems, opportunities, solutions, or to develop forecasts. In this paper, we provide a brief background of the Classical Delphi followed by a presentation of how it has evolved into a flexible research method appropriate for a wide variety of IS research projects, such as determining the criteria for IS prototyping decisions, ranking technology management issues in new product development projects, and developing a descriptive framework of knowledge manipulation activities. To illustrate the method's flexibility, we summarize distinctive non-IS, IS, and graduate studies Delphi research projects. We end by discussing what we have learned from using the Delphi method in our own research regarding this method's design factors and how it may be applied to those conducting graduate studies research: i) methodological choices such as a qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods approach; ii) initial question degree of focus whether it be broad or narrowly focused; iii) expertise criteria such as technical knowledge and experience, capacity and willingness to participate, sufficient time, and communication skills; vi) number of participants in the heterogeneous or homogeneous sample, v) number of Delphi rounds varying from one to 6, vi) mode of interaction such as through email, online surveys or groupware, vii) methodological rigor and a research audit trail, viii) results analysis, ix) further verification through triangulation or with another sample, and x) publishing of the results. We include an extensive bibliography and an appendix with a wide-ranging list of dissertations that have used the Delphi method (including brief research description, number of rounds and sample size). The Delphi method is a flexible, effective and efficient research method that can be successful used by IS graduate students to answer research questions in information systems and to rigorously advance the IS body of knowledge.

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The Delphi Method for Graduate Research

2007

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“…IT, as an academic discipline, focuses on meeting the needs of users within an organizational and societal context through the selection, creation, application, integration and administration of computing technologies. A more detailed history of SIGITE is available in [2]. SIGITE is directly involved with the Joint Task Force for Computing Curriculum 2004 and has 2 representatives on the task force.…”

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Integration of information assurance and security into the IT2005 model curriculum

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2005

Proceedings of the 6th Conference on Information Technology Education

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In this paper we present the context of the work of the Curriculum Committee on IT2005, the IT curriculum volume described in the Overview Draft document of the Joint Task Force for Computing Curriculum 2004. We also provide a brief introduction to the history and work of the Information Assurance Education community. These two perspectives provide the foundation for the main thrust of the paper, which is a description of the Information Assurance and Security (IAS) component of the IT2005 document. Finally, we end the paper with an example of how IAS is being implemented at BYU as a "pervasive theme" that is woven throughout the curriculum and conclude with some observations about the first year's experience.

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“…These efforts came to fruition in December 2001, when representatives from 15 colleges/universities attended the first Conference for IT Curriculum (CITC-1) in Provo, Utah. The primary aims of this conference were to establish a national organization of IT educators and begin to establish academic standards for this rapidly emerging discipline (Lunt et al, , 2005.…”

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The Information Technology Model Curriculum

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The last twenty years has seen the development of demand for a new type of computing professional, which has resulted in the emergence of the academic discipline of Information Technology (IT). Numerous colleges and universities across the country and abroad have responded by developing programs without the advantage of an existing model for guidance. Efforts to define a model curriculum for IT began at the first Conference on Information Technology curriculum (CITC-1) in December 2001, which included representatives from 15 IT programs at four-year universities across the United States. Membership in SIGITE (Special Interest Group Information Technology Education) has grown to over 400 representing many of the four-year IT programs in the United States and abroad and some of the two-year IT programs in the United States. Continued development of the curriculum and subsequent funding by the Education Board of ACM enabled the completion of a first draft of the model curriculum for IT establishing program outcomes and a body of knowledge defining the discipline. This paper presents an overview of the process followed and the results achieved.

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Defining the IT Curriculum: The Results of the Past 3 Years

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The Delphi Method for Graduate Research

The Delphi Method for Graduate Research

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